Christmas

This is the most important festival during winter. You should know some vocabulary and the main traditions in the English-speaking countries. Follow the links below and leave me your results in a comment! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone reading this!!!

Vocabulary, Carol and Video
Under the mistletoe- Justin Bieber
Christmas Game- for fun !

A Ghost Collection

After reading the stories in this book, try the extra activities that you will find in the link below. Remember to click on Activities to download them to your computer. If you do them, leave me a comment with the results!

A Ghost Collection - Website Activities

The National Gallery

If you are interested in visiting one of the best galleries in the world, just follow the link below. Use the Floorplans to change from room to room. Use the Paintings button to learn more about each painting. I highly recommend you to visit Room 30 = Spain, Room 45 = Van Gogh and Cezanne, Room 34 = Great Britain and Room 43= Manet, Monet and the Impressionists.

National Gallery- Virtual Tour

Thanksgiving

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day this year. It's the most important family meeting in the USA and it means the beginning of Christmas time. If you want to learn some more about it, follow the links below.
Reading and Quiz
Wordsearch

Jobs and Professions

This is one of the most common topics when learning English vocabulary. Choose the level according to your knowledge or practise all of them. Leave your comments as usual!
Easy level
Intermediate Level
Advanced Level

Food and drinks

If you want to practise this topic follow the links below and leave me your results as usual. Don't do these exercises if you are hungry or thirsty!
Breakfast and desserts
Fruit and Vegetables
Food Wordsearch
Traditional English breakfast
Food Game

HALLOWEEN

The spookiest time of the year is here. Are you ready? Do you know about the history and the different traditions related to Halloween? Follow the links below and enjoy your own Halloween!
Halloween History
Halloween Quiz
Halloween Vocabulary - Easy
Halloween Vocabulary - Advanced

English World 3

You can have interactive exercises related to your Burlington Book   " English World  3".

1. Follow the link below 
English World 3 Downloadable Activities

2. Click on the " Downloadable Activities: Vocabulary Games, Grammar Exercises and Dialogue Builders".

3. Be patient it takes some time to download, but once in your computer you can enjoy it forever!

Descriptions

When making a description, it's important to include details about appearance, personality and clothes. Check your knowledge about the descriptive vocabulary and leave me your results in a comment.
Appearance
Personality
Clothes

Vocabulary Revision

After the long summer, it's a good idea to revise or learn some vocabulary. Follow the links below and leave me your results in a comment.

Places in town
Transports
The House
Weather

Greetings

September is the month when we come back to school and it's the time to say hello to your friends and to meet new people. Are you sure you know how to introduce yourself and others depending on the situation? Click on the link below and remember to play the pronunciation button.
Greetings

Beach time

Do you like going to the beach? Are you spending some days on the seaside? Learn some vocabulary related to the beach and enjoy yourself!!!

Beach stuff

Star signs

Do you ever read the horoscopes in papers and magazines? Do you believe your personality is somehow influenced by the date you were born? Follow the link below to discover it or just try it for fun.
Star Sign Characteristics

Lyrics Training

If you enjoy listening to music and want to improve your English, don't miss the following web. Lyrics training is perfect for learning the lyrics of your favourite songs. Begin with the easy ones and continue with the medium and difficult levels. Try the famous Katy Perry's song " Hot and Cold"!

Lyrics Training

Independence Day

If you want to learn about the origin of this festival or have a look at the celebrations, click at the links below
History
Photos

Summertime

 In just a couple of days we will welcome a new summer. Time for holidays, sun, friends and music. I hope you like the song and enjoy your summer.

America's Greatest Landmarks

Take a look at the video to discover the most important places in the USA. Did you know all of them? Would you add somewhere else? Leave me your comments!

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Do you need some extra practice? Try these interactive exercises and send me your results!

Comparative
Superlative
Comparative and Superlative
Sentences

Conditional Exercises

If you need more practice with conditionals, don't miss these exercises!
Conditional Practice 1
Conditional Practice 2
Conditional Practice 3
First, Second or Third
Beyonce : " If I were a boy"

Listening Practice

Students often complain that they have problems with listening exercises. Try the link below to improve your listening skills. You choose the level ( basic, intermediate or advanced) and the accent ( British English or American English)

Listening Practice

Easter time is coming!

In a short time we'll be celebrating Easter time. Get ready by trying one of the Easter games you will find if you follow the links below. Have fun!

Easter Hangman

Easter Matching Pairs

Easter Quiz

And if you want to know how British people celebrate Easter, click on the video below

April Fool's Day

On 1st April around the world people play jokes by telling false stories. Are you good at discovering when someone is lying to you? Try the quiz below to find out.

April Fool's Day Quiz

Disney Songs

Do you like Disney songs? Are you a karaoke fan? Visit the YouTube channel " Disney Sing Along Songs" and enjoy your favourite songs from films like " Sleeping Beauty", " Mulan", " Pocahontas" or "The Beauty and the Beast"

Saint Patrick's Day

Today Irish people around the world celebrate their national day. If you are interested in learning more about Saint Patrick and Ireland follow these links

Ireland video
Vocabulary
Crossword

London Tour

If you ever go to London, first take a look at this video with interesting tips and suggestions of what to see there.                  Enjoy your trip!

Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx was an American comedian and film star who made 13 movies with his brothers Chico and Harpo, such as Duck Soup or A Night at the Opera. And he is still well-known thanks to his intelligent sense of humour. What do you think? Do you like these quotes?

" I intend to live forever, or die trying"
" I find television very educational. Every time someone turns on the set, I go into another room and read a book"
" I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception"
" Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men - the other 999 follow women"

The best song ever

In a recent survey, this song was voted as the most beautiful original soundtrack.
It belongs to the film " The Wizard of Oz" (1939).
What do you think? Do you agree? Express your opinion!

Irregular verbs

If you want to learn the irregular verb list in a different way, don't miss the link below.
Pay attention to the pronunciation and the meaning.

WASHINGTON IRVING

Washington Irving is an American writer who visited Andalucia. He described his experiences in his work Tales of the Alhambra. I invite you to know his biography, his famous work and the tourist route with his name.

Biography
Tales of the Alhambra
Wikipedia info
Washington Irving Route

Click and learn

It doesn't matter if you're good or bad at English. You can always learn some more if you click at this website:

click and learn

At the end of each unit, you'll get your percentage. Why don't you try one of them and send me your results?

Saint Valentine's Day is here!

Don't be shy! Express your feelings for your sweetheart by sending him or her a Valentine's card! Follow the link below:

 Valentine's e-cards

Have a happy Friday !

I hope you will enjoy it !

Welcome to English is cool !

Hi everyone !!

Welcome to this new learning experience. I would like this blog to provide you some extra practise and help you to improve your English.

I'm going to post some multimedia material that I'm sure you are going to enjoy very much: youtube videos, pictures, links to other webs and so on. It would be great that we all could participate in the creation of this blog, so I'll be very grateful if you give me ideas to develop and post.

I'm very excited about this new English learning project!!

Hope to see you around soon!!